Special Rice Museum Benefit Auction!

We are honored to host a new Museum Deaccession auction of long-held duplicates from the treasures from the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals (Portland, Oregon), recently selected from their extensive holdings. The core collection was built in the late 1900s by founders Richard and Helen Rice. Most of these items have never been seen outside of the museum and even then, some of them have simply been warehoused and not on display, for decades. We included selections from their extensive lapidary collection of rare and valuable carving rough and slabbed material.  We hope you enjoy this fine and diverse selection from one of the great public display museums for minerals.

Alexandrite
Girdlestone Farm, Masvingo, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
3.15 mm, 0.68 ct
Winning Bid: $260
Chrysocolla and Malachite (polished)
Bagdad Mine, Eureka Mining Dist., Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
11.0 x 6.8 x 5.2 cm, 599 g
Winning Bid: $1,250
Celestine
Holloway Quarry, Newport, Monroe Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. Conan Barker
17.0 x 13.4 x 12.5 cm
Winning Bid: $3,150
Tourmaline
Himalaya Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds, Rice Museum
12.0 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,528
Pyromorphite
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Bob Reynolds
4.2 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $220
Green Heulandite (included with Celadonite) (ex Dr. Stephen Smale Collection)
Shakur Quarry, Nashik Dist., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
9.4 x 7.4 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid: $271
Gypsum
Cave of Swords discovery, Naica, Saucillo Mun., Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
54.0 x 13.1 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid: $827
Hematite on Quartz
Big Bertha Mine, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
2.9 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
Winning Bid: $221
Vanadinite
San Carlos Dist., Chihuahua, Mexico
4.5 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm
Winning Bid: $310
Hematite (iron rose)
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
4.7 x 4.1 x 3.0 cm
Winning Bid: $195
Fire Agate
Arizona, USA
10.89 mm x 8.11 mm, 2.20 ct
Winning Bid: $196
Zincolivenite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Bob Reynolds
3.6 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid: $605
Cadmium Smithsonite - superb xls
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
6.0 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid: $1,350
Sapphire (multi stone set)
Sri Lanka
2.0 mm to 3.5 mm (approx. each), 21 pcs - 2.59 cts (total weight)
Winning Bid: $330
Tourmaline
Santa Rosa Mine, Itambacuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Dave Bergman
4.1 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Winning Bid: $875
large Iolite (Cordierite)
Brazil
15.36 mm x 12.20 mm, 8.12 ct
Winning Bid: $205
Kunzite
Afghanistan
18.52 mm x 13.86 mm, 23.64 ct
Winning Bid: $260
Quartz var. Amethyst
Peregrina Mine, Guanajuato Mun., Guanajuato, Mexico
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
12.9 x 5.9 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid: $311
Aquamarine on Muscovite with Albite
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Gene Meieran, Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
15.0 x 13.4 x 11.1 cm
Winning Bid: $1,103
Chalcedony var. Jasper - 'Thunder Egg'
Bruneau Canyon, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
17.5 x 13.6 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid: $548
Fluorite with Quartz ( significant USA specimen)
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
21.5 x 14.1 x 7.5 cm
Winning Bid: $7,000
Tourmaline, Albite, Microcline and Smoky Quartz
Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Roundu Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
19.5 x 10.4 x 9.7 cm
Winning Bid: $725
Baryte with Hematite (circa late 1800s)
Frizington Mine, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
10.2 x 8.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $650
Topaz
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. Gene Meieran
6.6 x 6.3 x 4.4 cm, 337 g
Winning Bid: $485
Copper (unusual style for Bisbee)
Sacramento Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
11.7 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid: $550
Quartz var. Agate
Trent Railway Site, Trent, Lane Co., Oregon, USA
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
13.8 x 8.1 x 0.4 cm, 108 g
Winning Bid: $130
Rhodonite
Block 10 Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
8.3 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm
Winning Bid: $306
Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite
Rahuri, Ahmednagar Dist., Nashik Div., Maharashtra, India
Ex. Conan Barker
18.0 x 10.9 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid: $315
Fluorite on Quartz
Rosiclare, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
17.5 x 11.2 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid: $1,450
large Variscite with Crandallite
Little Green Monster Variscite Mine, Utah Co., Utah, USA
Ex. Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals
18.0 x 14.0 x 1.3 cm, 600 g
Winning Bid: $655